Utility Planet is the official blog for the column of the same name in The Spectrum Monitor. It replaces Utility World in the discontinued Monitoring Times magazine. Utilities are all VLF/LF/MF/HF (and sometimes low-band VHF) radio communications except broadcasting, CB, and non-emergency amateur. If you understood the last sentence, you know enough to read this blog.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

HF Jamming Network Adapters Now in US

Belkin has introduced the US version of the power line communications adapter that has been causing catastrophic HF interference in Europe and South America.

They're still claiming the 200 MB speed, which is dreaming for any real-world situations these things will ever be used in. While this borders on false advertising, it will sell a lot of these adapters to geeks.